-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The woman who scrambled to safety after a small plane crashed into her Florida home gave thanks to God on Saturday for allowing her to escape without a scratch and for keeping her family safe .

Susan Crockett stood in front of her one-story Palm Coast home , which now has a huge black hole where the four-seater plane went down Friday afternoon , killing all three people aboard .

`` God is good . He really is , '' Crockett told reporters . `` I got out without a scratch on me . A little bruise from taking a tumble through the window , but other than that , I 'm fine . I 'm blessed . Truly , God was with me . ''

The 1957 Bonanza H35 took off from Fort Pierce , Florida , and was on its way to Knoxville when the pilot reported engine trouble , officials said .

`` From what we 've been told , the pilot was having some malfunctions in flight , '' said Chief Investigator Terry Duprie of the National Transportation Safety Board .

The plane was diverting to Flagler County Airport , near the coast about 30 miles north of Daytona Beach , when it crashed a mile east of the airport , Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said .

Killed in the crash were Michael R. Anders , 57 , and Duane L. Shaw , 59 , both of Albany , Kentucky , and Charissee M. Peoples , 42 , of Indianapolis , Indiana , according to the Florida Highway Patrol .

A preliminary NTSB report on the crash is expected in about 10 days , Duprie said , but the full investigation is expected to take many months .

Investigators will try to figure out why the plane made such a steep descent into the home and whether the weather conditions -- light rain and low clouds -- played any role , he said .

Tall pine trees surround the home , which is in a rural residential area home to many retirees .

The crash caused an intense fire that incinerated much of the plane , something that will make the investigation difficult , Duprie said . But the pilot was talking to air traffic controllers in Daytona Beach , `` and I think that will help us out quite a bit down the road . ''

Crockett said she was getting ready to leave her house when something told her to stop . A few more feet , she said , and she would have been hit .

Her college-age daughter , Jessica , who was home for the holidays , would have been lounging on a bed that 's now `` charred and mangled '' if she had n't decided to head back to school a few days early , Crockett said .

Crockett 's grandson often comes over to her house , where `` he stands in front of the television that 's now a big glob of metal , '' but his dad decided to take him to day care Friday , she said .

Members of Crockett 's church bought her clothes and shoes to wear , since she escaped the house with next to nothing . She did manage to rescue the folded flag she received after her sister , who was in the Army , died about three years ago . It 's blackened , but intact , she said .

`` I 'm just praising God that I 'm alive , '' Crockett said Saturday .

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A small plane crashed into Susan Crockett 's home on Friday

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The three people aboard the plane were killed

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Crockett crawled out of a window to safety

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The NTSB is investigating the cause of the crash